So, if you want to know how to say teach in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb enseigner - French for teach

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of enseigner, which is French for teach.

I teach.

you taught.

he will teach.

we would teach.

they may teach.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for enseigner, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE enseigner

Simple Tenses enseigner

TENSE

je/j’

tu

il

nous

vous

ils

PresentPrésentteach

enseigne

enseignes

enseigne

enseignons

enseignez

enseignent

Past ImperfectImparfaittaught

enseignais

enseignais

enseignait

enseignions

enseigniez

enseignaient

Simple PastPassé Simpletaught

enseignai

enseignas

enseigna

enseignâmes

enseignâtes

enseignèrent

FutureFuturwill teach

enseignerai

enseigneras

enseignera

enseignerons

enseignerez

enseigneront

ConditionalConditionnelwould teach

enseignerais

enseignerais

enseignerait

enseignerions

enseigneriez

enseigneraient

SubjunctiveSubjonctifmay teach

enseigne

enseignes

enseigne

enseignions

enseigniez

enseignent

Compound Tenses enseigner

Present PerfectPassé Composéhave taught

ai enseigné

as enseigné

a enseigné

avons enseigné

avez enseigné

ont enseigné

Past PerfectPlus-que-Parfaithad taught

avais enseigné

avais enseigné

avait enseigné

avions enseigné

aviez enseigné

avaient enseigné

Future PerfectFutur Antérieurwill have

aurai enseigné

auras enseigné

aura enseigné

aurons enseigné

aurez enseigné

auront enseigné

Conditional PerfectConditionnel Passéwould have taught

aurais enseigné

aurais enseigné

aurait enseigné

aurions enseigné

auriez enseigné

auraient enseigné

ImperativeImperatifteach!

enseigne

enseignons

enseignez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of enseigner the French for teachprésent de l’indicatif

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachimparfait de l’indicatif

j’enseignais
- I taught
- I was teachingtu enseignais
- you taught- (familiar or informal)
- you were teachingil, elle, on enseignait
- he, she, it, one taught
- he, she, it, one was teachingnous enseignions
- we taught
- we were teachingvous enseigniez
- you taught- (formal or plural)
- you were teachingils, elles enseignaient
- they taught
- they were teaching

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachpassé simple

j’enseignai
- I taughttu enseignas
- you taught- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on enseigna
- he, she, it, one taughtnous enseignâmes
- we taughtvous enseignâtes
- you taught- (formal or plural)ils, elles enseignèrent
they taught
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachfutur

j’enseignerai
- I will teachtu enseigneras
- you will teach (familiar or informal)il, elle, on enseignera
- he, she, it, one will teach nous enseignerons
- we will teachvous enseignerez
- you will teach (formal or plural)ils, elles enseigneront
- they will teach

Conditional Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachconditionnel

j’enseignerais
- I would teachtu enseignerais
- you would teach (familiar or informal)il, elle, on enseignerait
- he, she, it, one would teachnous enseignerions
- we would teachvous enseigneriez
- you would teach (formal or plural)ils, elles enseigneraient
- they would teach

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachprésent de subjonctif

que j’enseigne
- that I may teachque tu enseignes
- that you may teach(familiar or informal)qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on enseigne
- that he, she, it, one may teachque nous enseignions
- that we may teachque vous enseigniez
- that you may teach(formal or plural)qu’ils, qu’elles enseignent
- that they may teach

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb enseigner - the verb ‘to teach’ in French

Past Participle of enseigner is: enseigné -taught.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

Here’s the French for teach conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.j’ai enseigné
- I have taught or I did teach or
- I taughttu as enseigné
- you have taught or you did teach - (familiar or informal) or
- you taughtil, elle, on a enseigné
- he, she, it, one has teach or did teach
- he, she, it taughtnous avons enseigné
- we have taught or we did teach
- we taughtvous avez enseigné
- you have taught or you did teach (formal or plural) or
- or we taughtils, elles ont enseigné
- they have taught or they did teach
- they taught

Here’s the French for -teach conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.j’avais enseigné
- I had taughttu avais enseigné
- you had taught- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on avait enseigné
- he, she, it, one had taught nous avions enseigné
- we had taughtvous aviez enseigné
- you had taught (formal or plural)ils, elles avaient enseigné
- they had taught

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachfutur antérieur

j’aurai enseigné
- I will have tu auras enseigné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aura enseigné
- he, she, it, one will have nous aurons enseigné
- we will have vous aurez enseigné
- you will have - (formal or plural)ils, elles auront enseigné
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachconditionnel passé

j’aurais enseigné
- I would have taughttu aurais enseigné
- you would have taught- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aurait enseigné
- he, she, it, one would have taughtnous aurions enseigné
- we would have taughtvous auriez enseigné
- you would have taught- (formal or plural)ils, elles auraient enseigné
- they would have taught

Imperative Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teachimpératif

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